![]() ![]() He spoke to her about his feelings, his flaws, his fears. He is the only Zulu brother who meets the woman he builds a life with, and expects her to be nothing, but exactly who she is (compared to Nkosana, Nqoba, Mqhele and Qhawe), even though he was messed up himself. He is stuck between whom he is expected to be (or actually is, because life happened) and whom he wants to be (but can’t be, again because life happened). If they were not swept under the carpet, like everything else in the Zulu family, they were “handled.” His character speaks to so many men, especially in South Africa. ![]() ![]() He was expected to be a Zulu brother and his vulnerabilities and fears were swept under the carpet. The one who is misunderstood, the loner, the one whose soul needs freedom. The one who lives in the shadows of the older and the younger ones. If you have 3 kids, Mqoqiwokuhle Zulu would be the middle child. I wanted to hug him, protect him, heal him, console him and tell him everything is going to be ok. His story evoked feelings of motherhood in me, rather than attraction/lust (which was the case with Nkosana, Qhawe and Mqhele). ![]() We start to see him more towards the end of Iqunga. The 5th book revolves around Mqoqi Zulu, whom in the previous four books was probably more an errand runner for his older brothers, rather than a Zulu brother. It is emotional, gut wrenching, raw and poetic in a way. Out of the 5 books, this is by far her best work in the series. I am not ok after reading the fifth instalment of the series. ![]()
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